Bush Calls Basra a 'Defining Moment' for Iraq

Published: Friday, March 28, 2008 at 2:36 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, March 28, 2008 at 2:36 p.m.

President Bush said Friday that the recent increase in violence in oil-rich southern Iraqi and parts of Baghdad is 'a defining moment in the history of a free Iraq' as the government seeks to rout out Shiite militias. (March 28)

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